Stig

Remember those little crochet motifs I posted the other day? Well, here they all are made into a stegosaurus. I've named him Stig and he seems very at home next to one of my ferns.

This was such a fun little project. Stig is made from African flower motifs in merino sock yarn. I crocheted him with a 2mm hook because the motifs need to be quite dense and tight so that no stuffing can work its way through the holes. Stig measures about 40cm from nose to tail tip.

The stegosaurus is made up of triangles, squares, pentagons, hexagons, heptagons and one octagon so he's pleasingly geometric. The project was like creating all the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and then having the fun of joining them all together. The only effing and jeffing that occurred was while I was sewing his plates on because I absolutely loathe sewing. Apart from that he was a joy to make.

The pattern is Puff the Magic Stegosaurus by heidibears and it is fabulous - so well-written with very clear instructions. This designer has many different African flower animal and creature patterns and I'm sure I'll make another one at some point. I quite fancy having a go at the dragon or sheep.